▲ 658 ▼ Lemmy probably feels like Reddit when it first started, all warm cuddly and friendly to newcomers eager to discuss and collaborate around central topics. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by kucuva@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 340 comments fedilink hide all child comments I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.
[+] freeindv@monyet.cc -7 points 2 years ago* (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That’s misinformation It is not. I've read the text myself. You're gaslighting. Most kids identifying as trans nowadays are not actually. There’s a strange Internet derived obsession with being trans, and it’s important to protect kids from permanent damage over a temporary phase. Bullshit. Cite your sources. So, yes. Please come up with a real example Sure, as soon as you cite your sources and stop gaslighting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeindv@monyet.cc -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've read the text myself. Then quote it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Sure thing: slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit Now cite your source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeindv@monyet.cc -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a factual statement permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago No it isn't. There is no benefit to a skill if you're a slave. None. Still waiting for that source... permalink fedilink source parent [–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago Not that you're gonna listen to me but.... I grew up in Florida in the 90's. It was racist then and it's racist now. It was homophobic then. And it's homophobic now. Did you know that there are people moving out of Florida in DROVES and moving all the way across the US to live in Oregon instead?? https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/07/05/portland-is-unprepared-for-the-wave-of-transgender-kids-arriving-without-housing/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] criitz@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) You just made all that up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeindv@monyet.cc -2 points 2 years ago False permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That’s misinformation It is not. I've read the text myself. You're gaslighting. Most kids identifying as trans nowadays are not actually. There’s a strange Internet derived obsession with being trans, and it’s important to protect kids from permanent damage over a temporary phase. Bullshit. Cite your sources. So, yes. Please come up with a real example Sure, as soon as you cite your sources and stop gaslighting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeindv@monyet.cc -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've read the text myself. Then quote it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Sure thing: slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit Now cite your source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeindv@monyet.cc -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a factual statement permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago No it isn't. There is no benefit to a skill if you're a slave. None. Still waiting for that source... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] freeindv@monyet.cc -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've read the text myself. Then quote it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Sure thing: slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit Now cite your source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeindv@monyet.cc -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a factual statement permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago No it isn't. There is no benefit to a skill if you're a slave. None. Still waiting for that source... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Sure thing: slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit Now cite your source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeindv@monyet.cc -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a factual statement permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago No it isn't. There is no benefit to a skill if you're a slave. None. Still waiting for that source... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] freeindv@monyet.cc -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a factual statement permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago No it isn't. There is no benefit to a skill if you're a slave. None. Still waiting for that source... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago No it isn't. There is no benefit to a skill if you're a slave. None. Still waiting for that source... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago Not that you're gonna listen to me but.... I grew up in Florida in the 90's. It was racist then and it's racist now. It was homophobic then. And it's homophobic now. Did you know that there are people moving out of Florida in DROVES and moving all the way across the US to live in Oregon instead?? https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/07/05/portland-is-unprepared-for-the-wave-of-transgender-kids-arriving-without-housing/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] criitz@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) You just made all that up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeindv@monyet.cc -2 points 2 years ago False permalink fedilink source parent